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First round, Game 3 · CAR leads 3–0 · 2026-04-23 · Canadian Tire Centre

2 – 1Final

CAR beat OTT 2–1. CAR also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jackson Blake scored at 17:29 of the second, moving CAR’s win probability from 47% to 71%.

Shots on goal
27 – 22
Expected goals
3.1 – 1.8
xG share
CAR 63%
Home-ice start
OTT 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CAR goalOTT goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CAROTT

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

OTT
58:01 TOI
GSAx +0.93
+0.93
CAR
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.72
+0.72
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 16:01 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.53
+0.67

Rough nights

OTT
0 G, 0 A · 19:27 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Finishing −0.33 · Penalties −0.19
−0.78
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 16:16 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.44
−0.53
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 23:57 TOI
On-ice −0.38 · Finishing −0.09
−0.50

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCAR–OTTWin prob.
P1 5:13 CARLogan Stankoven
from Taylor Hall, Eric Robinson
1–047% → 63%
P2 16:06 OTTDrake Batherson
from Nick Cousins
1–129% → 53%
P2 17:29 CARJackson Blake
from K'Andre Miller, Taylor Hall
2–147% → 71%

Every player

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CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jackson Blake R16:011+0.67+0.14+0.53+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C15:101+0.51+0.16+0.36+0.00−0.01
Jaccob Slavin D22:33+0.36+0.37−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jalen Chatfield D19:58+0.22+0.36−0.14+0.00+0.00
Alexander Nikishin D14:57+0.12+0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C17:23+0.07+0.05+0.00+0.00+0.02
Mark Jankowski L9:38+0.05+0.06−0.05+0.00+0.04
Sebastian Aho C19:58+0.04+0.20+0.00−0.19+0.03
Shayne Gostisbehere D15:43+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D20:111+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Eric Robinson L7:331+0.01+0.15−0.13+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:06−0.02+0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00
William Carrier L7:47−0.03+0.09−0.12+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L14:37−0.04−0.01−0.23+0.19+0.01
Seth Jarvis R20:06−0.05+0.15−0.18+0.00−0.02
Andrei Svechnikov R17:36−0.22+0.03−0.25+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D18:49−0.27+0.08−0.35+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L14:542−0.36+0.17−0.31−0.19−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G60:00+0.72

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Drake Batherson R19:401+0.34−0.41+0.75+0.00+0.00
Jordan Spence D20:29+0.24+0.05+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jake Sanderson D13:19+0.06−0.03−0.10+0.19+0.00
Nikolas Matinpalo D19:21−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C7:321−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Ridly Greig C15:04−0.11+0.01−0.16+0.00+0.03
Michael Amadio R15:29−0.13−0.05−0.08+0.00+0.00
Cameron Crotty D8:59−0.15−0.14−0.00+0.00+0.00
Warren Foegele L13:40−0.15−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C18:08−0.18−0.13−0.03+0.00−0.02
Fabian Zetterlund L8:28−0.18−0.09−0.09+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C7:32−0.20−0.06−0.07+0.00−0.07
Tyler Kleven D18:13−0.27−0.27+0.00+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R18:44−0.27−0.29+0.00+0.00+0.02
Thomas Chabot D29:41−0.32−0.27−0.05+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C23:57−0.50−0.38−0.09+0.00−0.02
Dylan Cozens C16:16−0.53−0.10−0.44+0.00+0.01
Brady Tkachuk L19:27−0.78−0.27−0.33−0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Linus Ullmark G58:01+0.93

Playoff recaps: the playoff ledgers have no per-game split of playmaking and suppression, so those credits stay inside the on-ice and finishing columns.

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.